Consultations

Govt consultation on an information economy strategy On 7 February 2013 The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) opened a call for evidence on an Information Economy strategy. The working description is: the part of the economy where digital… Continue Reading →

Open Source, Open Standards 2013 Thursday 18 April, London We are pleased to be supporting Open Source, Open Standards 2013, the leading summit exploring how to take full advantage of open technology solutions across the public sector, from delivering innovative… Continue Reading →

Nominet Consultation on a new .uk domain name service In October 2012 Nominet opened a consultation on proposals for a new domain service, including proposals to offer features designed to offer reassurance for end users: verification to check a registrant… Continue Reading →

Openness not what you say but what you do In July 2012 the government announced to Parliament that it was changing the consultation guidelines. A Minister was quoted by BBC News: The aim is to replace potentially unproductive process with… Continue Reading →

Department for Innovation, Business and Skills Consultation on Private Actions In Competition Law : Our Response Overall we find the consultation raises important issues for SMEs and consumers and is particularly relevant for providing effective measures to resist market concentration.… Continue Reading →

Cabinet Office Open Standards Consultation: Our Response Much of our research and analysis is contained in our recently published report on the importance of royalty free standards in public sector ICT. Overall we find the consultation to be poorly framed… Continue Reading →

Select Committee looking at effective use of IT by Government In December 2010 the Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) launched an inquiry into the way in which Government develops and implements technology policy.

Response on EIS The Open Source Consortium (OSC) has welcomed the opportunity to respond to the Consultation on proposals for the European Interoperability Strategy. The statement in the current consultation does not go far enough and without further elaboration is… Continue Reading →

OSC calls on MEPs to adopt the EIF The Open Source Consortium calls on MEPs to adopt the European Interoperability Framework. OSC Members, and others, who wish the use of information technology to be improved throughout Europe should write to… Continue Reading →

BBC and IPTV: Project Canvas The BBC Trust invited the Open Source Consortium to respond to their proposals on Project Canvas, a joint venture partnership to help enable the delivery of internet protocol television (IPTV). Gerry Gavigan, the OSC’s chairman,… Continue Reading →